Telephone installation



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TELEPHONE INSTALLATI ON Filed July 11. 1921 I-"atentedr pr. 13, 1926.-k

i UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE HERMAN SCHWARZE, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN', Assreivon To, GENERAL MOTORS con- PORATION, OF DETROIT,V MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION. OF DELAWARE-- f,

f TELnrnoNE INSTALLATION,

Application fnea July 1i, i921. f serial No. 483365.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that'I, HERMAN SCHWARZE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of `Detroit, county of lVayneand Statey of Michigan,` have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in yIelephone Installations, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theiart to which the invention relates to' make and use the saine, reference being madev therein to the accompanying drawings, whichy form a part of this specification. c

The invention relates 'tov equipment for motor vehicles and is particularly concerned with an installation for motor vehicles having a passenger compartment'Y and wherein it is desirable to provide for telephonie communication betweenthe said compartmentv andv the drivers station.

In motor vehicles having closed bodies, and especially in Vthose of the limousine or like types in which the pz'isse-nger compartment is separated from the drivers compartment or station by a partition, it has been proposed to provide a telephone set comprising a receiver adjacent to the drivers station and a transmitter vconveniently located for the use of the passenger. By this means the passenger, without leaving his seat, is enabled to give suitable di rections to the driver without distracting the attention of the latter from the control of the car and without interference from the street noises or the like.

The principal obje-ct of my invention isV the provision of a new and improved installation of the character above referred to Ahaving especial advantages inrespect to convenience, neatness of appearance, and efficiency in operation.

A further object is to provide for the concealment, so far as practicable, of the working` parts of the telephone apparatus while still maintaining ready accessibility for inspection or repairs.

Further objects and advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which y Y Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of the interior of a closed car b ody having associated therewithone embodiment of my invention; l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the teleof Fig. v2.

phone apparatus and `mounting,parts being broken away; `r

Fig. 3 is apers'p'ectiveview of a removal panel upon which parts of the telephone apparatus lmay be supported;` and F10. 4L is a vertical section on line -ll 1 `Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates' a motor vehicle body yhaving a seat 6 for passengers, and a side wall 7. The specific r`details ofthe car body are, ,o-f course', not material,A as my "invention is applicable generallyv'to closed cars. In the form illustrated,an arm restS isprovided at the end f of the seat, and the wall 7 is formed with a ledge V9 extending forwardly from the arm rest 8.- A recess 1() is *formedl in the wall- Zv extending downwardly fromv the ledge 9. A panel 11 fits snugly in this-.recess land is lshaped preferably to conform to the contour of the walland ledge so as to be flush with the surfaces thereof. The exterior of the pane" may be covered with-upholstery 12.

similar to the upholstery 13 of the body wall 7. In the panel 11 is formed a pocket 14 adapted, `either alone or in conjunction with a depression 15 in the rear of the recess 10, to receive the handle portion 16 of a telephone instrument17 of any suitable. type embodying a transmitter, or, if desired, a combined transmitter and receiver. The telephone conductors ltileading from the instrument 17 are arranged to be coiled upon a reel 19 automatically actuated, as bya spiral spring 20, to wind the conductor cable thereon. The reel may be housed within a casing 21 secured by suitable fastening means22 to tliepanel 11, as illustrated, or

kto .the wall of the car, if desired,'in posicourse, may be varied in accordance with the contour ofthe wall and therelationship of the panel thereto. There the wall is formed with a. ledge having a recess, as shown, withlin which the panel lits, the securing means may comprise a positioning lug 211 adapted to fit a hole 25 in the lower end of recess 10, and slotted plates 26, secured to the rear of the panel and adapted to slip over the heads of screws 27 in the body Wall. Should it be desired to mount the apparatus upon a car Wall not provided with a ledge, it may, of course, be necessary to make the panel o t' sulicient depth and form recesses or pockets therein of suitable character to house the reel and telephone instrument u non or Wit-hin the panel itself. The pocket tor reception ot' the instrument may be varied in position and shape as desired to accommodate the design or the instrument employed and ot the body Wall, it being desirable especially that the instrument be so housed as to protect the same -while holding it in convenient .position Within reach of the passenger, and that the conductors, reel, etc. shall be normally concealed.

It will be seen that the invention as described provides a telephone equipment wherein the instrument for the passengei"s use is held in an inconspicuous but readiiy accessible position, Where it is not liable to injury or interference, and that the entire mechanism is so mounted andhoused as not to detract from the neatness of appearance of the car. On occasion, however, bymerely removing the detachablel panel, the parts are easily and quickly rendere-d accessible for inspection or repair.

In addition to the variations in details of construction herein referred to,` it will be understood that many other changes may be made Without departing 'from the spirit and scope ot the invention and therefore l do not desire to be limited to the specilic structure herein described except as require-d by the language oit the appended claims in view Of the prior it. Y

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l. In telephone apparatus, the combination of a vehicle body Wall, a telephone instrument, and a panel detachably connected to said body Wall, said panel formed With a pocket adapted to receive said instrument and having means 'for retaining theV conductor cables therefor.

2, ln telephone apparatus for Vclosed vehicles, the combination of a body ival having a recess, a panel fitting within said recess flush with said wall, a spring reel housed behind said panel and a telephone instrument, said panel adapted to support said instrument and the conductor cable of said instrument being wound upon said reel.

In telephone apparatus for ciosed vehicles, the combination of a vehicle body having a seat for passengers and a ledge adjacent toA said seat, said body having a recess therein below said ledge, a panel removably mounted in said recess and having` a pocket formed therein, an automatic reel mounted upon the rear :tace et said panel, and a telephone instrument adapted to be positioned in said pocket and having the conductor cable thereof Wound upon said reel.

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